Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament

Nike 3ON3 Basketball Tournament
Logo for the Nike 3ON3 Basketball Tournament.
StatusActive
GenreSports
FrequencyAnnual
VenueL.A. Live
Location(s)Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°02′20″N 118°16′02″W / 34.0390°N 118.2673°W / 34.0390; -118.2673
CountryUnited States
Years active14
Founded2008
Participants5,000
Activity3-on-3 basketball
SponsorsNike Basketball, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Spartan
Websitehttps://www.nike3on3.com/

The Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament is an annual outdoor 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 basketball tournament held at Los Angeles, California, and in the event venue L.A. Live.[1][2][3]

It is the largest outdoor 3-on-3 tournament in California, with over 1,500 teams, 5,000 players, and 25,000 spectators attending the event every year, and was first started in 2008.[4][2][5][6][7][8] In 2018 and 2017, the winners of the elite division for men and women were able to participate in the official 2018 and 2019 USA Basketball 3×3 National Tournament, and were able to win $20,000 in prize money and advances to the FIBA 3X3 World Tour Nanjing Masters in China.[4][9] Ryan Golden, Commissioner of the Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament said “We’re thrilled that our tournament continues to attract talent throughout the country in addition to the attention of FIBA, who this year, designated the men’s Nike Elite Division an official FIBA 3X3 Satellite Tournament,” and, “It’s an exciting time for 3x3 basketball, and even more so to realize that players from our tournament could potentially represent the USA in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.”[10]

The tournament was however cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in compliance with COVID-19 social gathering guidelines.[11][12][13]

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